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Tahir Ali

Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, since 12 December 2019

Tahir Ali is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

Scorecard

77.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
443 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
132 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
4 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
137 Debates spoken in 120 written questions tabled

Ranked 235 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part Aye 344–181
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part Aye 324–180
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No vote 167–350
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities No 105–332
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials No vote 182–290
17 Dec 2025 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading Aye 312–165
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Aye 341–195
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) No 118–340
15 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H Aye 311–96
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer No 90–297
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Aye 320–98
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work No 98–325
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Second Reading Aye 329–173
9 Dec 2025 Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 170–332
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 100–100
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62 No vote 327–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H No vote 326–162
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B No vote 395–98
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120 No vote 300–96
8 Dec 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B No vote 327–96
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15 No 154–303
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16 No 143–304
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 No 77–298
3 Dec 2025 Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 No 87–299
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty Aye 357–174

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

£9,331

Name of donor: (1) Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (2) Chamber of Commerce Istanbul Turkiye
Address of donor: (1) 30 Charles Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5DZ (2) Binbirdirek Meydani Sok, No:1, 34400, Fatih Istanbul, Turkiye
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Flights (£6,851.20), accommodation (£1,580.31) and meals (£900), value £9,331.51 (2) Accomodation: four nights in Madinah, value £1,400
Destination of visit: Saudi Arabia
Dates of visit: 8 October 2025 to 18 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Delegation of MPs and Peers to meet several Saudi Ministers, royal family members and members of the Shura Council, in relation to: trade, defence, tourism (Hajj/Umrah), education and energy. A dinner was hosted at the British Embassy with the Ambassador to promote Saudi-British relations
(Registered 13 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Birmingham
(Registered 8 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Director of Tahir Ali Campaigns Ltd. A company established for my re-election campaign.
Date interest arose: 15 June 2024
(Registered 8 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

Engineer, Royal Mail. On unpaid leave since 13 December 2019.
(Registered 8 January 2020; updated 14 April 2020)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

137 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £23,386 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
8 Oct 2025 Tahir Ali sitting MP Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia Other Visit £9,331
24 May 2025 Tahir Ali sitting MP Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Other Visit £6,736
15 Feb 2025 Tahir Ali sitting MP Omani British Lawyers’ Association Other Visit £7,318

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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